OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months. Why?(minimaxir.com)
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Blog post by Max Woolf tracing a 2026 timeline of OpenAI and Anthropic LLM price cuts and analyzing why, citing competition from cheap open-weight models.



























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